Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Optical open loop pointing test method using celestial bodies
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Application No.: US16047072Application Date: 2018-07-27
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Publication No.: US10795453B2Publication Date: 2020-10-06
- Inventor: Michael J. Powers
- Applicant: BAE SYSTEMS INFORMATION AND ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS INTEGRATION INC.
- Applicant Address: US NH Nashua
- Assignee: BAE Systems Information and Electronic Systems Integration Inc.
- Current Assignee: BAE Systems Information and Electronic Systems Integration Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US NH Nashua
- Agency: Sand, Sebolt & Wernow LPA
- Agent Scott J. Asmus
- Main IPC: G06T7/73
- IPC: G06T7/73 ; G06F3/03 ; H04N5/341

Abstract:
Systems and methods for testing or correcting optical pointing systems are disclosed. An optical pointing system may include an imaging sensor including a field-of-view (FOV) carried by the optical pointing system, at least one collecting device for collecting optical photons and directing the optical photons to the imaging sensor, at least one directing device for directing the at least one collecting device to different pointing vectors, and at least one non-transitory computer-readable storage medium carried by the optical pointing system having instructions encoded thereon that when executed by at least one processor operates to test the optical pointing system by, inter alia, determining a pointing error based, at least in part, on a macro image of a targeted object.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200033955A1 OPTICAL OPEN LOOP POINTING TEST METHOD USING CELESTIAL BODIES Public/Granted day:2020-01-30
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